world history chapter 13
Which country emerged as the world's strongest colonial power after the Seven Years' War? A) Great Britain B) France C) Portugal D) Russia
A) Great Britain
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) sought to establish a monopoly over the trade in: A) spices. B) silk. C) slaves. D) tobacco.
A) spices.
During the seventeenth century, rising levels of global commerce increased prosperity in the Ming and Mughal empires but also led to: A) great pandemics. B) widespread famine. C) a decline in central control. D) the loss of political independence.
C) a decline in central control.
Under the French model of absolutism, to whom was the king accountable? A) the nobility B) the queen C) the people D) God
D) God
What role did Europeans play in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century slave trade in Africa? A) They traveled through the continent, capturing and enslaving people. B) They sent massive European armies to invade African states, seizing prisoners as slaves. C) They took a deep interest in the political happenings in the African interior. D) They depended on indigenous political and trading networks that brought slaves to the coasts.
D) They depended on indigenous political and trading networks that brought slaves to the coasts.
Fluctuations in commodity prices had little effect on the stability of states during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. (True or False)
False
The Mughal dynasty made a successful effort to develop a naval presence in the Indian Ocean to forestall the growing European influence in the region. (True or False)
False
The demographic impact of the Atlantic slave trade on Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was as devastating as the impact of Afro-Eurasian diseases on Native Americans in the sixteenth century. (True or False)
False
After 1715, mercantilist wars were mostly conducted outside of Europe as empires fought over colonial possessions. (True or False)
True
After having initially welcomed trade and Christianity into Japan in the sixteenth century, Tokugawa officials banned Christianity and expelled missionaries from Japan. (True or False)
True
In general, English colonists had a much more antagonistic relationship with Indians in North America than did French colonists. (True or False)
True
Many people who were captured and enslaved in the Atlantic slave trade died before leaving Africa. (True or False)
True
The English and French profited from the colonization of the Americas despite the lack of precious metals in their colonies. (True or False)
True
The Qing dynasty expanded Chinese control into Tibet and central Asia. (True or False)
True
Under the absolutist system of King Louis XVI of France, the king could overrule his jurists and proclaim law. (True or False)
True
